From Blackbeard's gunpowder cocktail to blood nickname: 15 facts about rum
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dailystar.co.ukGet all the biggest Lifestyle news straight to your inbox. Sign up for the free Daily Star Hot Topics newsletter1. Rum is made from distilling sugarcane and its name may have come from an old drink called rumbullion or from glasses called rummers used by Dutch seaman.
The different shades of rum are down to ageing in barrels.2. Around 80% of the world’s supply still comes from the Caribbean where it was first distiller.
3. The world’s largest rum distillery owned by Bacardi is in San Juan, Puerto Rico and produces 100,000 litres of the stuff every 24 hours.
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